GPS (global positioning system) units are fast becoming a way of life.  Many auto manufacturers are now offering "OnStar" (see last month's editorial!) and the price of small handheld units are now competively priced in the $100-$150 range.  In addition, the Motorola cellphone, Model V-60X, has a built-in GPS (call 911 and you can be pinpointed to within 300 yards)...much better than the older "nearest tower" concept which could be up to 10 miles distant!
     New Car-Jacking                         Scheme! Our Mailing address is:  Lenoir Amateur Radio Club,  P.O. Box 3276, Lenoir, NC, 28645. ARRL Affiliation March 31st has come and gone and a small number of members failed to submit the required dues to remain an active member of the Club.  Our Constitution & ByLaws requires dropping a member from the rolls if dues are greater than 90 days in arrears! If this was an oversight on your part, please contact our Treasurer ASAP.  Thanks!

During the September meeting, we had no new visitors or new members to join the club.  We need to contact some of the 11 new hams that gained their new Tech licenses as a result of the ham class recently concluded at the Gamewell Fire Department.  If you know any of them, how about giving them an "inviting" landline? Please note! Speaking of Addresses... The LARC now has a brand-new web domain identity - thanks to Gary, KD4YTU!  He has secured for us the domain address of Lenoir-ARC.org (and .net) .  Gary will set up a number of email addresses using this domain and later will host our very own website on his server free of charge!  Add ti onally, this newsletter will be available on the website for viewing and/or printing simply by clicking on one of the several "tabs".  Work will begin shortly on the design and implementation of the new website!! The editor reserves the right to edit and/or paraphrase articles or "news" submitted for inclusion into the LARC newsletter due to time, content, and/or space constraints.  No political and/or religious viewpoints please!   Submit articles, etc.,  to Jim, N4EUX, at n4eux@arrl.net    tnx! GPS      Our Newsletter
Our Mailing address is:  Lenoir Amateur Radio Club,  P.O. Box 3276, Lenoir, NC, 28645. WEBSITE ADDRESS...          About Membership Dues
Committee Reports Jim N4EUX The Newsletter undergoes constant changes...with columns coming/going,  in an attempt to bring you a newsy, easy-to-read format and platform to keep you, the reader, aware of the club's activities. Experimental typefonts, colors, and presentations are made on a regular basis to enhance that goal.
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Also, if you find any "links" to not be working, please let the editor know ASAP! Thanks!! Pg 2 REMINDER:  OCTOBER 11TH IS CLUB MEETING NIGHT AT THE EOC!  BRING A FRIEND The LARC Newsletter has been published each month (except during the club's "hibernation" period) since October 1986 (20 years minus 4) ! Repeater Committee : The Repeater status was discussed & several suggestions were offered ranging from trying a different frequency pair to switching to a 440 repeater for our operations.  

Disaster Trailer Committee :  Suggested: the disaster trailer be made into a generator & antenna carrier and other supportive equipment.

EOC Kiosk Committee :  The application for a station license was granted with the resultant call of KI4YHG.  This was followed up by an application for a vanity call sign and was received 3 weeks later with the call KR4EOC !  The new call will be used for all EOC ARES/RACES operations.

After about 8 weeks of drouth weather and hardly a drop of rain with daily temps in the upper 90's and sometimes triple digits, the weather finally broke earlier this week to usher in cooler temperatures.  Prayers for rain were finally answered and Caldwell County was doused with almost an inch of rain...but the weather cell that brought in the rain was precipitated by an electrical storm which damaged some property in and around our county (see "The President's Corner" column to the left!).  Looking forward, the next meeting will be on Thursday, Oct 11th with the main topic being the nomination for a new slate of club officers which will be elected during the month of November.  Please make plans to attend both meetings to cast your vote(s) for the nominations & the elections!! Also on tap for the Oct. meeting will be considerations for the modification of our current Constitution & ByLaws to enable us to declare ourselves as a not-for-profit agency to facilitate our solicitation for outside funding to gain needed new equipment for the EOC.      -Ed     
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